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Re:A Statement on Recent Events Between Signal and the Anti-... by fmajid on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:47AM (#26076386)
If the mere use of Signal is banned, traffic analysis tools an DPI can be used to identify users and bring them the unwelcome attention of the regime’s well-staffed secret police. I’m sure the Chinese are selling them surveillance tech, and if not Iranians are quite capable of developing it themselves.

It’s not a simple issue to resolve. WireGuard is better in that it only establishes a flow if authenticated, but UDP traffic is a giveaway.

The bug reporters reacted immaturely to being asked to submit the report on the Signal forum instead of GitHub, but Signal hiding before a CoC to avoid discussing substantive issues is not a good look.

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Re:A Statement on Recent Events Between Signal and the Anti-... by cyphar on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:20AM (#26077122)
> I’m sure the Chinese are selling them surveillance tech, and if not Iranians are quite capable of developing it themselves.

Actually it seems more likely that it's US-built censorship tools -- specifically BlueCoat, which was detected in 2013[1]. BlueCoat claimed they didn't sell the hardware to Iran because it would violate sanctions but that's not much consolation for the people who are being surveilled using their tools.

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/repor...

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